Navy says people-smugglers fired on coastguard vessel
By Libya Herald reporters. A typical rickety over-crowded migrant boat (File photo) Tripoli, 30 January 2017: A Libyan coastguard vessel ...
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Merkel says no EU migrant deal for Libya without political stability
By Jamie Prentis. German chancellor Angela Merkel says no migrant deal without real unity government (Photo: social media) Tunis, 28 ...
Another major loss of migrant lives
By Libya Herald reporters. Migrant craft off Libya capsizing last summer (Photo: Italian Navy). Tunis, 15 January 2017: Despite bad weather, the migrant ...
184 migrants already rescued at sea off Libyan coast in 2017: IOM Libya
By Sami Zaptia. 184 migrants have already been rescued at sea off the Libyan coast, IOM Libya reports (Photo: IOM ...
First sea rescues of migrants setting off from Libya in 2017: 230 saved
By Sami Zaptia. This was the first rubber boat full of migrants to be saved off Libyan waters at 4 ...
IOM reports 18,722 rescued off Libyan coast in 2016
By Sami Zaptia. London, 20 December 2016: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that 18,722 have been rescued in ...
Libya coastal towns earning millions from people trafficking says EU
By Libya Herald reporters. Migrants continue to cross the Mediterranean despite dangerous conditions says the IOM (Photo: MOAS/Italian Red Cross) ...
Over 600 migrants rescued off Libya: one dead and many missing
By Sami Zaptia. Over 600 migrants rescued Monday-Tuesday off Libya's coast (Photo: MOAS). London, 22 November 2016: Over 600 migrants ...
Migrant deaths in Mediterranean hit new record in November, over 4600 dead in 2016
By Sami Zaptia. Migrants from the Mediterranean on board the MSF's search and rescue ship the Argos yesterday (Photo: MSF). ...
A total of 14,945 rescued off Libyan seas: IOM Libya
By Sami Zaptia. IOM Libya maritime incidents off the Libyan coastline (IOM Libya). London, 5 November 2016: The International Organization ...
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